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Celonis vs Microsoft Power Automate comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Celonis
Ranking in Process Mining
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Power Automate
Ranking in Process Mining
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
125
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Shaif Tazir - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers easy integrations, end-to-end process view and an EMS feature to identify inefficiencies
Celonis' data engineering processes should be transformed into a low-code structure. Excessive coding is still required across the Starter Kits, where the market is focusing on low-code automation or transformations. The tool's UI should also be more intuitive. The data engineering pipeline within Celonis is highly technical. The interface in future versions of Celonis can have a drag-and-drop format with a more intuitive configuration. If you check other solutions like Power BI, business professionals can use it without technical experience, but usually, the same person won't be able to use Celonis freely. In the standard deployment of Celonis, you will need one project manager, an expert value architect, and two or three developers to manage the design pipeline. If your organization has a partner for executing all the Celonis pipelines, then it must be ensured that a COE is assigned in-house for hypercare needs. For instance, if some KPIs need to be changed or if irrelevancy is found, maintenance needs to be implemented every year or every six months for KPI adjustments and rebuilding of sources or logic. The aforementioned maintenance tasks for Celonis are usually carried out by an in-house COE; without a COE, maintenance can become challenging.
Gowtham J - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides valuable integration with other Microsoft tools
The initial setup process involves three trigger points. One is a manual trigger, where users interact with a button or interface element to start the flow. The second is the recurrence trigger, which allows users to schedule automated maintenance at a specific time. Third is a data-driven trigger, where the flow is initiated based on an event in a database, such as creating a new line item in SharePoint database. Once triggered, the flow continues to execute, performing the configured actions and providing the results.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"They have in-built connectors for connecting to various systems."
"Celonis is intuitive, powerful, and user-friendly."
"I have found the automatic mapping of the processes themselves to be a valuable feature."
"Celonis’ Process Cockpit is valuable."
"We can observe the flow and invoices."
"I like the spaghetti it throws off when configuring the sequence of processes and tracking the endpoint. I also like the variation from these defined processes and what is being observed on the ground. I'm exploring the root cause analysis a lot these days, and it seems to be quite interesting. But again, there are a lot of external dependencies on that. But I think the spaghetti, and the one that shows the variation and the performance gap, is something which I really like."
"With the help of data mining, we can identify different costs. Celonis does background research into the data from the different solutions and puts it into the dashboard and so we can see the differences between the pricing over the previous years."
"Automated root cause analysis and process explorer features are very good. It provides a lot of selections, such as process flow selection, attribute selection, etc."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the automation interface and the RPA automation."
"The RPA robotic process automation is a good feature. We can make a flow within a flow. We just made a UI flow. The flow is to run every day so far it's been quite helpful."
"To me, what's most useful in WinAutomation by Softomotive is that it's quite intuitive, especially because most of the capabilities of the older WinAutomation remain. You also don't need to do or know hard coding, and this is another useful feature of the solution. I also like that WinAutomation by Softomotive integrates very well with Microsoft products, especially Microsoft Office, and this is great news because most companies use Microsoft Office. Having a very good integration with the Microsoft Office suite covers a lot of bases, and is one of the advantages of WinAutomation by Softomotive."
"I use the product for automation."
"The whole platform seamlessly integrates well."
"Third-party integrations with third-party applications are quite easy."
"The most advantageous aspect of the solution is its cloud capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Power Automate is the ability to automate tedious tasks."
 

Cons

"The task mining feature of Celonis needs improvement because it's more challenging than it looks."
"The only problem is the price; it is a little bit expensive when we compare it to others."
"I have noticed Celonis and Azure, as Infrastructure-as-a-service do not communicate well with each other. Since Celonis has recently acquired PAF they would try to synergize their operations with Microsoft tools. In the next couple of years, they should be more connected to the Microsoft ecosystems. In the long term, they should integrate more with SAP which is a partner of Microsoft. This would result in cost efficiencies."
"They could provide artificial intelligence where, based on data they collect from reference cases, they could give us suggestions."
"The solution needs to implement more automation aspects into the product. Right now, it's lacking."
"They should provide a community edition license so that everyone can deploy or install it on their own system and get more hands-on experience with the product."
"It would be helpful if they could categorize processes into tier levels."
"The way they manage the data should also be improved. There is a lot of room for improvement there because a lot of duplicated data gets created, which should be improved. There should be ease of data management and code management."
"Power Automate has fewer features and more limitations in general. It's not as mature a product as some of the others, like UiPath or Automate Anywhere."
"There is a limitation in setting up loops, where it does not support multiple conditions."
"The solution is not actually satisfying the complex programs that we want to execute."
"The solution could benefit from mirroring Oracle's use of videos and community forums to help users get acquainted with the product. It could use better online training and/or documentation."
"When you try to create a flow or work on the flow in Microsoft Power Automate you cannot undo changes. There are no options to edit or, undo an action. This feature would be useful. The editing option within the flow can be enhanced."
"It would be great if you could integrate outside of Microsoft environments."
"There are frequent version updates and that impacts different algorithms so we have to adjust our code."
"There should be a comprehensive or enterprise level of application to provide the cognitive AI, and there should be orchestration so that I can control all the robots on one station. The other tools are currently providing these features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Celonis is cost-effective."
"The cost would be a concern for a certain category of customers. Flexible cost models would help smaller players be able to adapt Celonis into their business operations."
"The solution’s pricing is based on APC. It charges you based on the amount of GV that you use."
"Celonis has the highest pricing in the process mining domain."
"Though Celonis is a bit pricey, it is worth it."
"Pricing-wise, Celonis is a five out of ten right now because my clients just started with the solution. When my clients start looking at scaling Celonis, the cost will grow. Every user has an additional charge, and every gig of data you bring in costs extra."
"It is an expensive solution."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"Its license is a part of our enterprise agreement. It is a three-year contract, but we pay yearly. So, it is a yearly license. There are no additional costs."
"When accompanying customers, we discuss the license requirements. Based on these requirements, we suggest whether a per-user plan or multiple platforms per-user plan would be best."
"I believe one of the advantages of this device is its low cost."
"The pricing is reasonable and the western license is fantastic."
"Power Automate is comparatively less costly than UiPath."
"It is free for us. It is embedded directly in the Office package."
"Microsoft is providing an automatic license with a cost of $20 million per month, which is reasonable."
"It's more fragmented licensing, where every little thing that you add, you get an extra license cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Signavio Process Manager or Celonis?
SAP Signavio Process Manager is a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling tool. It is easy to use and does not require too much technological involvement. This solution has a collabo...
What do you like most about Celonis?
Celonis, especially for high-risk finance-related processes, helped us make precise decisions and uncover hidden values within our architecture. It was one of the most significant values our busine...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Celonis?
The price is a little bit expensive when compared to others. That said, it offers features that other competitors don't have.
RPA that Bots can run without centralized control?
Yes, Attended Bots which can run without centralized control Module. RPA Tools like Automation Anywhere, uiPath ,Power Automation they do support this.
How do I choose between UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate?
Microsoft‌ ‌Power‌ ‌Automate‌ ‌is‌ ‌intuitive‌ ‌and‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌integrate‌ ‌and‌ ‌use.‌ ‌I‌ ‌like‌ ‌that‌ ‌there‌ ‌is‌ ‌no‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience‌ ‌necessary,‌ ‌and‌ ‌appreciate‌ ‌the‌ ‌automated‌...
How is Automation Anywhere compared to Microsoft Power Automate?
‌Neither‌ ‌solution‌ ‌requires‌ ‌any‌ ‌coding‌ ‌experience,‌ ‌and‌ ‌both‌ ‌are‌ ‌easy‌ ‌to‌ ‌use‌ ‌and‌ ‌have‌ ‌great‌ ‌drag-and‌ ‌drop‌ ‌functionality.‌ ‌The‌ ‌training‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌for‌ ‌A...
 

Also Known As

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Power Automate, Microsoft Flow, MS Power Automate, WinAutomation by Softomotive, ProcessRobot by Softomotive, Minit
 

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Sample Customers

Anheuser-Busch InBev, AXA, Bayer, Cisco, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Hitachi, Kellogg's, Lufthansa, and Whirlpool
1. Coca-Cola 2. General Electric 3. Siemens 4. Accenture 5. Deloitte 6. Johnson & Johnson 7. Ford 8. Nestle 9. Procter & Gamble 10. IBM 11. Amazon 12. Google 13. Microsoft 14. Adobe 15. Cisco 16. Oracle 17. SAP 18. Intel 19. HP 20. Dell 21. Verizon 22. AT&T 23. T-Mobile 24. Walmart 25. Target 26. Home Depot 27. McDonald's 28. Starbucks 29. Nike 30. Apple 31. Facebook 32. Twitter
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